A young Wahiawa woman is leading a ‘discernment retreat’ to help her peers determine if HE is punching in your number By Darlene J.M. Dela Cruz Hawaii Catholic Herald Attention, Catholic gals ages 14-18! Got some free time on May 7? If so, check out the “deets” below on a special event just for you. […]
Manaolana | ‘Risen’: The Resurrection from a skeptic’s point of view
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service ROME — Hollywood is no stranger to movies depicting the life and death of Christ, trying to present Jesus from the perspective of the Gospels, which are the written accounts of Jesus’ life and ministry from those closest to him. Joseph Fiennes, the actor starring in “Risen,” said […]
Manaolana | Number and rate of abortion is down, according to National Right to Life Committee
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Both the number of abortions and the rate of abortion is dropping, according to figures released in the third annual “State of Abortion in America” report issued by the National Right to Life Committee. The number of abortions, which had peaked at about 1.6 million in 1989, […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Dessert and desert
I find it helpful to know where words originate. Today I’d like to look at two words. The first, dessert, comes from the old French word desservir, “to clean the table.” It literally means “un-serve” (des -“un” and server -“serve”) signifying the end of a meal. The second, desert, originates from the Latin word deserere, […]
Manaolana | Lisa Gomes: What are sacramentals?
YOUCAT* Sacramentals are sacred signs or sacred actions in which a blessing is conferred. [1667-1672, 1677-1678] “You Catholics do some strange things — use candles to bless your throat, ashes on your forehead, waving palm branches …” Heard that before? What’s up with that? Candles, ashes, palm branches, holy water. These are just a few […]
Manaolana | It’s ‘A Nun’s Life’: Website becomes a growing vocations ministry
WASHINGTON — What started out as a blog at a time when few people knew about blogs and hardly anyone was familiar with Twitter is a living and growing ministry run by two women religious who are Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Sisters Julie Vieira and Maxine Kollasch oversee their website “A […]
Manaolana | Phyllis Zagano: A woman’s right to choose?
The other day, 29-year-old cancer patient Brittany Maynard earned a 500-word obituary in The New York Times because she killed herself. The newspaper calls her “the public face for the ‘death with dignity’ movement.” It has to stop. If you think all the talk about slippery slopes is exaggerated, think again. Human life is increasingly […]
Manaolana | Lisa Gomes: What is prayer?
Church teaching explained to you YOUCAT*: Prayer is turning the heart toward God. When a person prays, he enters into a living relationship with God. [2558-2565] We read in the Old Testament of Abraham and Moses praying to God. We also read of how Samuel and David taught the Israelites how to pray. And in […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Are you divided
Exciting ways to enhance young adult ministry In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus tells the crowd, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house.” If you are registered to vote, then you have an important task on Nov. 4. As citizens of the United States, voting is a right […]
Manaolana | Karen Osborne: Go offline (and connect to real life)
Yesterday, I left my cellphone on the kitchen table when I left the house. It felt as if the apocalypse happened. The first hour wasn’t so bad. It was bright and early in the morning, and I had coffee to drink and work to do. The second hour was a little worse. I really wanted […]
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